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View all search resultsRemaining bodies found of 10 killed in ATR plane crash
The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.
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Members of a joint search and rescue team display aircraft debris from an ATR 42-500 near the crash site in the Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park area, Maros regency, South Sulawesi, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (Antara/Handout-Makassar Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency /Antara/Handout-Makassar Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency )
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escuers on Friday had found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province at the weekend, the National Search and Rescue Agency said.
The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.
There were seven crew members and three passengers on board the plane, which was chartered by Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to conduct air surveillance on its fisheries. The passengers were ministry staff members.
Andi Sultan, an official at South Sulawesi's rescue agency, said through tears during a video statement that authorities found the ninth and tenth bodies early on Friday, adding that the evacuation process was still ongoing.
The agency said separately on its Instagram account that 10 victims have been found.
Local rescuers previously discovered the wreckage of the plane in different locations around Mount Bulusaraung in the Maros region, about 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta.
The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), which probes transport accidents, is currently investigating the contents of the recently-found black box, its chief told local media this week.
It was Indonesia's first deadly crash involving the ATR 42, manufactured by Franco-Italian planemaker ATR, in more than a decade. In 2015, a Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 crashed into a mountainside in Papua, killing all 54 people on board.
A Boeing 737-500 jet operated by airline Sriwijaya Co crashed into the Java sea in 2021, killing 62 people.
The plane's black box was located on Wednesday and could shed light on what caused the plane to crash shortly before it was due to land in the city of Makassar, the local search and rescue agency said.
Debris from the plane, including its fuselage, parts of the tail and windows were found on Sunday near the mountaintop.
The country has a poor aviation safety record, with several fatal crashes in recent years.
